diff --git a/tractor/to_asyncio.py b/tractor/to_asyncio.py
index 62394ee..5607031 100644
--- a/tractor/to_asyncio.py
+++ b/tractor/to_asyncio.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Infection apis for ``asyncio`` loops running ``trio`` using guest mode.
 
 '''
 import asyncio
+from asyncio.exceptions import CancelledError
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager as acm
 import inspect
 from typing import (
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ from typing import (
 
 import trio
 
-from .log import get_logger, get_console_log
+from .log import get_logger
 from ._state import current_actor
 
 log = get_logger(__name__)
@@ -110,14 +111,16 @@ def _run_asyncio_task(
         nonlocal aio_err
         try:
             aio_err = task.exception()
-        except asyncio.CancelledError as cerr:
+        except CancelledError as cerr:
+            log.exception("infected task was cancelled")
+            # raise
             aio_err = cerr
 
         if aio_err:
-            log.exception(f"asyncio task errorred:\n{aio_err}")
+            log.exception(f"infected task errorred with {type(aio_err)}")
             from_aio._err = aio_err
-            cancel_scope.cancel()
             from_aio.close()
+            cancel_scope.cancel()
 
     task.add_done_callback(cancel_trio)
 
@@ -132,10 +135,11 @@ async def run_task(
     **kwargs,
 
 ) -> Any:
-    """Run an ``asyncio`` async function or generator in a task, return
+    '''
+    Run an ``asyncio`` async function or generator in a task, return
     or stream the result back to ``trio``.
 
-    """
+    '''
     # simple async func
     try:
         task, from_aio, to_trio, cs, _ = _run_asyncio_task(
@@ -151,24 +155,36 @@ async def run_task(
             return await from_aio.receive()
 
         if cs.cancelled_caught:
+            aio_err = from_aio._err
+
             # always raise from any captured asyncio error
-            if from_aio._err:
-                raise from_aio._err
+            if aio_err:
+                raise aio_err
 
     # Do we need this?
-    except BaseException as err:
+    except (
+        Exception,
+        CancelledError,
+    ) as err:
 
         aio_err = from_aio._err
 
-        if aio_err is not None:
+        if (
+            aio_err is not None and
+            type(aio_err) != CancelledError
+        ):
             # always raise from any captured asyncio error
             raise err from aio_err
         else:
             raise
+
     finally:
         if not task.done():
             task.cancel()
 
+        # if task.cancelled():
+        #     ... do what ..
+
 
 # TODO: explicitly api for the streaming case where
 # we pull from the mem chan in an async generator?